From wheelerw at fairpoint.net Sat Oct 8 15:16:48 2011
From: wheelerw at fairpoint.net (walt.wheeler)
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2011 18:16:48 -0400
Subject: [albany-pm] Cookbook Update Project
Message-ID: <4E90CBD0.7000906@fairpoint.net>
Is this of interest to Albany PM?
My own interest depends, to some extent, on whether the project is
restricted to "Modern::Perl" or is expansive enough to consider "Modern
Perl" as meaning -- among other possibilities -- 5.10 or 5.12 or the
ideas put forward in Chromatic's book of the same name.
-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: G. Wade Johnson
> To: pm_groups at pm.org
> Subject: [pm_groups] Potential group project: The Perl Cookbook
> Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 23:14:53 -0500
>
> Ben Thomas and I were discussing the fact that The Perl Cookbook is
> somewhat out of date and wondered if we could set up a project for
> Houston.pm to try to bring some of the recipes up to the standards of
> Modern Perl.
>
> As we discussed it, I realized that modifying a large number of these
> recipes would quickly exceed the bounds of "fair use" should O'Reilly
> decide to complain. So I contacted them through the user group program.
>
> The short form is that O'Reilly is at least provisionally interested in
> the idea of a community project to update the Cookbook. They have done
> other community-based cookbooks in the past, with some success.
>
> The question is, would more Perl Monger groups want to join in the
> fun/work on this?
>
> Depending on the details that we are still ironing out, there would
> likely be a website collecting new and updated recipes. We'd probably
> want the source for the solutions on something like github. O'Reilly
> would want the ability to collect a subset of the recipes (with input
> from the community) to form a new edition of the book, if the project
> goes well.
>
> The website would continue to be available for updates and contain all
> recipes, not just those included in any book.
>
> I've pitched the initial idea to my group. (Without some of the details
> at the moment.) Would any other groups be interested in joining in? If
> you are interested, I'd be glad to forward the information I sent to my
> group.
>
> I've also got a call next week with my O'Reilly contact to iron out
> more details. Input from the larger Perl Monger community would
> definitely help with that.
>
> Who is interested?
> G. Wade
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From will at coleda.com Mon Oct 17 10:31:53 2011
From: will at coleda.com (Will Coleda)
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:31:53 -0400
Subject: [albany-pm] Cookbook Update Project
In-Reply-To: <4E90CBD0.7000906@fairpoint.net>
References: <4E90CBD0.7000906@fairpoint.net>
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I'm all for this, but all my perl tuis are Perl 6 shaped at the
moment, so I wouldn't be able to devote much time.
We could definitely use something to get people motivated in getting
together for meetings. ;)
On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 6:16 PM, walt.wheeler wrote:
> Is this of interest to Albany PM?
>
> My own interest depends, to some extent, on whether the project is
> restricted to "Modern::Perl" or is expansive enough to consider "Modern
> Perl" as meaning -- among other possibilities -- 5.10 or 5.12 or the ideas
> put forward in Chromatic's book of the same name.
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> ?From: G. Wade Johnson
>> ?To: pm_groups at pm.org
>> ?Subject: [pm_groups] Potential group project: The Perl Cookbook
>> ?Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 23:14:53 -0500
>>
>> ?Ben Thomas and I were discussing the fact that The Perl Cookbook is
>> ?somewhat out of date and wondered if we could set up a project for
>> ?Houston.pm to try to bring some of the recipes up to the standards of
>> ?Modern Perl.
>>
>> ?As we discussed it, I realized that modifying a large number of these
>> ?recipes would quickly exceed the bounds of "fair use" should O'Reilly
>> ?decide to complain. So I contacted them through the user group program.
>>
>> ?The short form is that O'Reilly is at least provisionally interested in
>> ?the idea of a community project to update the Cookbook. They have done
>> ?other community-based cookbooks in the past, with some success.
>>
>> ?The question is, would more Perl Monger groups want to join in the
>> ?fun/work on this?
>>
>> ?Depending on the details that we are still ironing out, there would
>> ?likely be a website collecting new and updated recipes. We'd probably
>> ?want the source for the solutions on something like github. O'Reilly
>> ?would want the ability to collect a subset of the recipes (with input
>> ?from the community) to form a new edition of the book, if the project
>> ?goes well.
>>
>> ?The website would continue to be available for updates and contain all
>> ?recipes, not just those included in any book.
>>
>> ?I've pitched the initial idea to my group. (Without some of the details
>> ?at the moment.) Would any other groups be interested in joining in? If
>> ?you are interested, I'd be glad to forward the information I sent to my
>> ?group.
>>
>> ?I've also got a call next week with my O'Reilly contact to iron out
>> ?more details. Input from the larger Perl Monger community would
>> ?definitely help with that.
>>
>> ?Who is interested?
>> ?G. Wade
>> ?--
>> ?"No Boom today. Boom tomorrow, There's always a boom tomorrow."
>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? -- Ivanova, "Grail"
>> ?--
>> ?Request pm.org Technical Support via support at pm.org
>>
>> ?pm_groups mailing list
>> ?pm_groups at pm.org
>> ?http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/pm_groups
>
>
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From will at coleda.com Wed Oct 26 08:08:58 2011
From: will at coleda.com (Will Coleda)
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:08:58 -0400
Subject: [albany-pm] Perl Weekly newsletter
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